World War 2, Middle East, Palestine, Jerusalem,1941

1941
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Australian soldiers at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem

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The Western Wall, Wailing Wall, Kosel or Kotel, known in Islam as the Buraq Wall, is an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a relatively small segment of a far longer ancient retaining wall, known also in its entirety as the "Western Wall". The wall was originally erected as part of the expansion of the Second Jewish Temple begun by Herod the Great, which resulted in the encasement of the natural, steep hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount.

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Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

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